diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php
index 594a291602..f95023be97 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Question\ChoiceQuestion;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Question\Question;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Terminal;
+use function Symfony\Component\String\s;
 
 /**
  * The QuestionHelper class provides helpers to interact with the user.
@@ -242,9 +243,10 @@ class QuestionHelper extends Helper
             } elseif ("\177" === $c) { // Backspace Character
                 if (0 === $numMatches && 0 !== $i) {
                     --$i;
-                    $fullChoice = self::substr($fullChoice, 0, $i);
                     // Move cursor backwards
-                    $output->write("\033[1D");
+                    $output->write(sprintf("\033[%dD", s($fullChoice)->slice(-1)->width(false)));
+
+                    $fullChoice = self::substr($fullChoice, 0, $i);
                 }
 
                 if (0 === $i) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/QuestionHelperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/QuestionHelperTest.php
index fcba3b3b2f..19d0c9d5d7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/QuestionHelperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/QuestionHelperTest.php
@@ -797,6 +797,25 @@ class QuestionHelperTest extends AbstractQuestionHelperTest
         $this->assertEquals(['AcmeDemoBundle', 'AsseticBundle'], $dialog->ask($this->createStreamableInputInterfaceMock($inputStream), $this->createOutputInterface(), $question));
     }
 
+    public function testAutocompleteMoveCursorBackwards()
+    {
+        // F<TAB><BACKSPACE><BACKSPACE><BACKSPACE>
+        $inputStream = $this->getInputStream("F\t\177\177\177");
+
+        $dialog = new QuestionHelper();
+        $helperSet = new HelperSet([new FormatterHelper()]);
+        $dialog->setHelperSet($helperSet);
+
+        $question = new Question('Question?', 'F⭐Y');
+        $question->setAutocompleterValues(['F⭐Y']);
+
+        $dialog->ask($this->createStreamableInputInterfaceMock($inputStream), $output = $this->createOutputInterface(), $question);
+
+        $stream = $output->getStream();
+        rewind($stream);
+        $this->assertStringEndsWith("\033[1D\033[K\033[2D\033[K\033[1D\033[K", stream_get_contents($stream));
+    }
+
     protected function getInputStream($input)
     {
         $stream = fopen('php://memory', 'r+', false);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/composer.json
index ee1d76f6c2..b92d62554d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/composer.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
         "php": "^7.2.5",
         "symfony/polyfill-mbstring": "~1.0",
         "symfony/polyfill-php73": "^1.8",
-        "symfony/service-contracts": "^1.1|^2"
+        "symfony/service-contracts": "^1.1|^2",
+        "symfony/string": "^5.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "symfony/config": "^4.4|^5.0",